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March 2007, Vol 97, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 414-418
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.081729

PROTECTING THE PUBLIC FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

Lessons Learned From the Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study

David B. Resnik, JD, PhD and Steven Wing, PhD

David B. Resnik is with the National Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Triangle Park, NC. Steven Wing is with the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to David B. Resnik, JD, PhD, NIEHS/NIH, Box 12233, Mail Drop NH06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (e-mail: resnikd{at}niehs.nih.gov).

ABSTRACT

We examined 5 different ethical concerns about the Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study and make some recommendations for future studies of exposure to hazardous environmental agents in the home.

Researchers should seek community consultation and participation; make participants aware of all the risks associated with the research, including hazards discovered in the home and uncertainties about the risks of agents under investigation; and take steps to ensure that their studies will not have unfair representation of the poor or people of color.

Researchers should also avoid even the appearance of a financial conflict of interest in studies that are likely to be controversial and make it clear to all parties that studies will not intentionally expose subjects to hazardous environmental agents.




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